Tag: foam rolling

Did you think we were going to let you forget your renewed commitment to fitting in the #ExtraSalt? NOPE! This week, you’re going to get in all your core, aren’t you? And if you’ve been struggling to do the same boring planks and crunches, here’s a little something to jazz up your abcersizes: your foam roller.

Ah, the humble foam roller. It can soothe tight calves and hamstrings, of course, but it is capable of so much more. Your foam roller is just waiting for your core to give it a chance!

Here, I’m going to share with you a few exercises that will challenge your core and make you a stronger runner. At the end of the post is a video instruction as a little extra insurance that you get the most bang for your #ExtraSalt buck with this routine.

If we want to train and race our best, we all know that we need to invest some of our training time into #ExtraSalt, that non-running stuff we need to do to recover and stay healthy. But knowing this is not enough; we’re not always great about doing any of it. Together, we’re going to change that! It’s time to commit to adding the #ExtraSalt!

Each week we’ll be bringing you an #ExtraSalt Challenge and checking in with you to see how you’re doing on Twitter and Instagram. This first week we challenge you to set your #ExtraSalt goal!Read more >>

Last month we featured a piece on the warm-down: what it was, when to do it, and how to complete one. Naturally we had to follow that up with the final phase in any athlete’s workout: the cool-down. While you will likely do easy running, drills, strides or other active movement in your warm-down, for the cool down you will be focusing on muscle manipulation. Historically, that meant a lot of static stretching. But for those of you out there who want to really dig deep, the most effective cool-down activity might be a post-workout muscle manipulation and lactic acid abolishing through rolling. Read more >>